Sunday, March 4, 2012

Cries are heard from a little café in a
small town. People weep and gasp with disbelief at what they have just
witnessed. A ninety-four year old lady lies on the dirty floor, clutching her
chest, victim of a stroke. Sirens blare as ambulances rush to see what they can
do for her, but it is too late. She is already dead.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
today I will be presenting to you Abortion: Silent Killer. The scene which I
have just described to you is a typical death scene. At any sign of an emergency,
ambulances will arrive as soon as possible to the location. People are
horrified when they witness death. But there is one death which more people
need to speak out against, and that is abortion.

The Canadian Dictionary defines abortion
as “the intentional ending of a pregnancy and destruction of the fetus by
causing the fetus to be expelled, especially before it is viable.” This is
completely legal in North America. More than 53 million babies have died since
1974 in USA. Just because of abortion.

This is not to say that people abort for
no reason. There are many reasons for abortion, some selfish, or some because
of a wrong idea. Often it is because they don’t have enough money to support
the child. Other times it might be because someone simply doesn’t want a child.
Teens usually are pressured into doing it by boyfriends, friends, or family.
None of these reasons justify abortion.

The sixth commandment says “You shall not
murder.” This is not a confusing commandment. You shall not kill; you shall not
hate; you shall not murder. This should be enough to end abortion immediately.
But people argue that abortion isn’t murder anyways, since the fetus isn’t a
person yet. This is just a guess. But it is an inaccurate guess.

First of all, the Bible looks at what is
in the womb as a human child. In Psalm 139:13, David says “For you created my
inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” If God knit us
together in our mother’s womb, how are we not yet human? In Jeremiah 1:5, God
says “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.” If God knew the baby even
before it was created, why would you kill it? The Bible also says to fill the
earth and subdue it. Abortion is not filling the earth; it is going directly
against God’s Word!

Science also agrees with the Bible. All
one-celled creatures are alive. A fetus has much more cells than that, and even
a heartbeat! Anything with a heartbeat is alive, because it means all systems
are in order and working. A fetus also has human DNA. How can it have human DNA,
and yet not be human?

A person born missing limbs and mute is
still human. What makes a fetus so different? The child in the womb also feeds
off nutrients from its mother. If something needs food to live, then how can it
be not yet human?

Anti-abortionists also argue that there
are too many people in the world. But since when did the value of human life
depends on the number of people in the world?

Abortion
isn’t the only way children die before or shortly after birth. There are enough
miscarriages and other diseases to add abortion to the list. These babies are
our future, and we just kill them off like they don’t matter?

When a baby is being aborted, it moves
away from the death instruments, seeking self-preservation. It doesn’t want to
die, and it most likely can feel pain. People have no right to assume it can’t
feel pain, so they can kill it in gruesome ways. It’s a cruel thing to do, and
should NOT be allowed. If a murderer gets a life sentence in jail, how is
abortion completely legal in North America? It’s the killing of children!
People should open their eyes! It shouldn’t matter if the child is in the womb
or not, it still is human. It still has a whole future in front of it, if let
to live.

It’s not like abortion is the only option
for unwanted children. There is abortion. You can simply keep it. Another way
would be to abandon it or murder it in another way. The best option, however,
is adoption. It is to give an unwanted child to someone who wants it and can
take care of it.

I’ve called abortion a silent killer
because not enough people are speaking up against it. Murders, wars, and
natural disasters are broadcasted on the radio all the time, but people are
acting like abortion is Ok, which is most definitely is not. Often people are
more concerned about saving whales and trees than babies. People are just
standing by and watching countless unborn die. Please speak up. Vote against
abortion, and donate to organizations against abortion. Altogether, we can
make a big difference. Thank you.